Package wrapper



May 18 .1926.

w. s. TUTTLE PACKAGE WRAPPER Filed Sept. 11, 1925 MINIMUM.

ATTORNEYS.

Fatented May 18, 192 6.

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I WILLIAM s. 'rirrrnn, ornu'rnaivn, VERMONTQ PACKAGE WRAIPPER.

' Application filed September 11, 1925. serial No. 55,718;

This invention relates to wrappers or jackets for bundling paper or other 'mechandise, and the said invention has for an object the production of a package in which paper or other merchandise may be wrapped and proteoted with all the advantages of a box for storage until contents are used, but without the cost of a box, and at the approximate cost of an ordinary wrapped package.

It is a further object of this invention to produce a wrapper of the character indicated sealed to insure delivery of contents to the customer in the same condition in which originally put up, full count and sanitary, to permit the removal of portions of the contents of the package only after the seal is broken.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed;

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 illustrates a view in side elevation of a wrapper embodying the invention, the same being partly in section;

Figure 2 illustrates a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 illustrates a perspective view of the cap portion of the wrapper.

In carrying the invention into practice as illustrated in the present embodiment of the invention, a package in its entirety would preferably comprise the contents or the sheets of paper 10, an external wrapper 12 of paper having one edge alining with the edge of the contents of the package and its other edge extended beyond the opposite end of the contents of the package in order that the said wrapper may be folded over or around the second mentioned end of the contents. The encasing elements for the contents of the package also include a remova ble cap13 preferably produced in a manner to be presently explained, and the said cap is held in place by a retaining strip 14 in the nature of a label, which may, through the use of adhesive, be secured to the cap and to the wrapper in order that it will extend over the joint between these two parts of the package and retain the parts in assembled positions until the label is severed to permit the removal of the cap.

Preferably in the formation of the package, the sheet of paper forming the cap is placed on a support and the. sheet of paper intended to form the wrapper 12 is likewise placed on the support with a portion thereof overlying the first mentioned sheet. The paper to be wrapped is then placed on the superlmposed sheets of paper with the end edge of the material to be bundled at the edge of the wrapper at the right hand end of the edge of the said wrapper as it appears in Figs. 1 and 2, it being understood that the paper which is to form the wrap per will project beyond the opposite end of the material to be wrapped. That portion of the wrapper 12 which projects beyond the material to be protected is then folded in known manner or creased to produce an overlapping closure for the end of the package and the outer fold is secured on the outer surface of the wrapper. The cap which is formed from the strip of pa er at the open end of the package is then olded substantially in like manner to that described for closing the end of the package and after the label 14 has been caused to secure the cap and wrapper, the package will be in a completed state for distribution, it being obvious that the cap will be free to be removed when released by the label 1 1, and that when it is removed, the ends of the sheets of paper constituting the salable part of the package will be exposed and accessible for inspection or removal from the wrapper. At such places where the material forming the Wrapper sections are creased and folded on themselves, the ends of the folded sections may be secured to the wrapping sheets or elements by sealing flaps or strips such as 15.

It has been found in practice that an attractive package can also be produced in this way, since the material of the cap may be differently colored from that of the wrapper portion 12, and in addition to the economical'features of the wrapper, there is merit in the advertising features and inexpensive means whereby an attractive container for stationery may be produced.

When desired, the package can be reenforced or strengthened to prevent the paper from unduly bending through the use of strengthening or reenforcing strips 11 of cardboard or the like.

I claim:

An enclosing protector for flat packages of paper comprising Wrapper sections composed of sheets of paper, one of which is folded to embrace one end of the package of paper, the sides and edges thereof, the other constituting a closure, the folds being secured by suit-able means, ;the secondmentioned sheet being positioned to overlie aportion of the first-mentioned sheet of paper, and folded to embrace the opposite end of the package and the sides and edges thereof, the said closure constituting a device removable from the end of the package for exposing the contents thereof, and means for securing the overlying wrapper sections toget-her.

WILLIAM S. TUTTLE 

